It was day two on Tuesday at Deccan Gymkhana, Pune, in the Cooch BeharTrophy quarterfinal match between Haryana and Railways
Santhosh S05-Dec-2000It was day two on Tuesday at Deccan Gymkhana, Pune, in the Cooch BeharTrophy quarterfinal match between Haryana and Railways. ManvinderBisla who was unbeaten on 181 at the end of the first day’s playcarried on to score a masterly double century of 236. Bisla was severeon Railways bowlers as he went on to smash 28 boundaries and 3 sixes.By the time Bisla was dismissed he added 160 runs with Deepak Joon forthe fifth wicket. Joon who started the day on 35 added to Railway’smisery by notching up a century and went on to make 152. Haryanadeclared at 616/8 on Joon’s dismissal. His 152 came in as few as 191balls and included 16 strokes reached the fence and two that flew overfor sixes. Railways were brought to their knees by Amit Mishra14-7-25-3 and by the close of play were 117/4 in 41 overs with openingbatsman Sriram Yadav on an unbeaten 36 putting up a fight.






